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When couples trying to change trigger each other's old patterns

My husband and I are both workaholics trying to have better boundaries but every time one of us tries to unplug the other one panics and starts working more to compensate. We're stuck in this weird dance where our individual growth triggers the other person's anxiety.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Individual transformation within a partnership requires navigating the anxiety that change creates in the system.

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